Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add missing prefixes used in compatibles

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Feb 21 2024 - 10:03:30 EST


On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 05:51:37PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 09:38:45AM -0700, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 08:59:56AM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 08:58:29PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > + "^calao,.*":
> > > > + description: CALAO Systems SAS
> > > > "^calaosystems,.*":
> > > > description: CALAO Systems SAS
> > >
> > > > + "^IBM,.*":
> > > > + description: International Business Machines (IBM)
> > > > "^ibm,.*":
> > > > description: International Business Machines (IBM)
> > >
> > > These ones add duplicates with no indication of which one is to be used
> > > going forward. Why not mark one as deprecated?
> >
> > Because I couldn't decide which... It's a mixture with no clear pattern
> > of on what or when each one is used. Power is kind of special.
>
> That might be true for ibm, but is it true for calao systems?
> The website appears to now be something to do with Korean gambling, but
> the twitter remains and looks to have produced arm sbcs:
> https://twitter.com/calaosystems?lang=en

I used this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calao_Systems

The company went bankrupt in 2016. ST based systems used one prefix and
Atmel based systems used the other. Which do I pick to deprecate? I'm
not expecting any new boards either.

Rob